Determining the Priority of Effective Factors on Forest Fire from Analytical Hierarchy Process

Abstract

In this study which was conducted in Darab Kola forest, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in Expert choice software was used for determining of the priority of effective factors on fire occurrence. Our criteria were NDVI as vegetation cover, soil moisture, distance to cattle pen, and distance to road, sloe gradient, slope direction (Aspect) and altitude. Required data were gathered through pairwise comparison questionnaires filled by forest experts. Results showed that the priorities of the effective factors on fire occurrence in forest was plant and soil moisture (0.366) > density of vegetation cover (0.256) > slope gradient = slope direction (0.121) > distance to cattle pen and road (0.057) > altitude (0.023).